Obit for BUTENHOFF, Ruth Edna (b. d.1916), Clay Co., MN

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RUTH EDNA BUTENHOFF OBIT, #1133T

Moorhead Weekly News

Thur., 6/15/1916



FEARFULL TRAGEDY AT BAKER EARLY TUESDAY EVENING, BABY GIRL KILLED.



TWO YEAR OLD DAUGHTER OF MR. AND MRS. H. C. BUTENHOFF RUN OVER BY HER 

FATHER'S AUTOMOBILE - MR. BUTENHOFF WAS BACKING OUT OF GARAGE AND LITTLE 

GIRL CAUGHT UNDER THE WHEELS - PARENTS BOTH PRESENT  WHEN THE ACCIDENT 

OCCURRED - FUNERAL WILL BE HELD AT BAKER TOMORROW AFTERNOON - SERMON WILL 

BE PREACHED IN SIGN LANGUAGE AS PARENTS ARE DEAF AND DUMB.



Baker was the scene of a shocking tragedy Tuesday evening when Ruth Edna, 

the 2 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Butenhoff was crushed to 

death by her father's automobile. The accident occurred at the Butenhoff 

home about 7 o'clock.



Mrs. Butenhoff and little Ruth were standing by the garage waiting for 

Mr. Butenhoff to back the automobile out. As the machine emerged from the 

garage, Mrs. Butenhoff started forward to get into the car. The baby, 

instead of following her mother, ran behind the car while it was moving 

and wash crushed under the wheel. So terrible were her screams that Mr. 

Butenhoff heard them in spite of his deafness. He stopped the car before 

the front wheel touched the body, but it was too late. Life in the tiny 

body was almost extinct when the agonized mother and father lifted it 

gently from under the car.



The funeral will be held at the home tomorrow afternoon. Rev. Selzmer of 

Minneapolis will preach in the sign language of the deaf and dumb. Rev. 

F. C. Ahrens of Sabin will conduct the service in English.



The sympathy of an entire community goes out to the bereaved parents. 

Both are seriously affected by this awful tragedy.



Moorhead Weekly News

Thur., 6/22/1916



BUTENHOFF BABY BURIED TODAY.

FUNERAL OF LITTLE GIRL KILLED BY AUTOMOBILE TUESDAY EVENING.



(From Friday's Daily)

The funeral of Ruth Edna, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Butenhoff, was 

held at the home in Baker this afternoon. The services were attended by a 

great many friends of the family. Two sermons were preached, one in the 

sign language by Rev. Seizner of Minneapolis, the other in English by 

Rev. Ahrens of Sabin.



Word reached The News today that Mrs. Butenhoff witnessed the accident 

but was too far from the machine to save the baby, her lack of the power 

of speech preventing her from screaming to her brother who was in the car 

with Mr. Butenhoff.

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